Ex Parte Guaranty Pest Control, Inc.

LYONS, Justice.

Guaranty Pest Control, Inc. (“Guaranty”), has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that this Court direct the Jefferson Circuit Court to vacate its orders granting a motion to compel filed by A. Vincent Brown, Jr., and denying Guaranty’s motion for a protective order. We grant the petition in part, deny it in part, and issue the writ.

I. Factual Background and Procedural History

Brown sued Guaranty on May 4, 2006, alleging that Brown owned an office building (“the office”) that Guaranty had inspected for possible infestation of wood-destroying organisms (“WDO”),…